Who owns Meitetsu?
Meitetsu is owned by Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. (Japan, TSE: 9048).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Overview of the Meitetsu Group for Fiscal 2025 (Company Profile 2026), Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Nagoya
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Nagoya
- Category
- Travel & transport › Railways
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9048
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Meitetsu
Meitetsu is the railway of Nagoya Railroad. The Company Profile 2026 reports 437 km of railroad on 19 lines including the Nagoya, Tokoname, Inuyama and Airport lines, 7.2 km of tramway on the Toyokawa Line in Aichi and Gifu prefectures, and 276 passenger stations at the end of March 2026.
Ownership timeline of Meitetsu
Where Meitetsu sits in Meitetsu
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in railways, and who owns them
The 91 brands in railways on Brandtree belong to 68 owners. The largest is DfT Operator, with 9.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| c2c | DfT Operator | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Avanti West Coast | FirstGroup | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Eurostar | SNCF | 🇫🇷 France |
| CPKC | CPKC | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Linha 4 do Metrô de São Paulo | Motiva | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Hellenic Train | FS Italiane | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Transtar | FTAI Infrastructure | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KAI Commuter | KAI | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
About the owner: Meitetsu
Meitetsu is a publicly listed company headquartered in Nagoya, Japan. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 9048.
Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. is the parent of the Meitetsu Group. Its Company Profile 2026 gives a head office in Meieki, Nagoya, establishment on 13 June 1921 (original establishment 25 June 1894 as Aichi Basha Tetsudo), paid-in capital of 101,158 million yen and 109 consolidated subsidiaries. Railroad and tramway made up 89.0 per cent of the 111,935 million yen annual operating revenue it reports for the year to March 2026.
🇯🇵 Meitetsu and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Meitetsu is not one of them.
- "K" Line — K Line 🇯🇵
- AIRDO — RegionalPlus Wings 🇯🇵
- AIT — AIT 🇯🇵
- ANA — ANA Holdings 🇯🇵
- AZ-COM Maruwa — AZ-COM Maruwa 🇯🇵
- Amakusa Airlines — Amakusa Airlines 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Meitetsu?
The parent company of Meitetsu is Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd., a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Meitetsu Japanese?
Yes. Meitetsu originated in Japan and its owner, Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd., is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Meitetsu still owned by Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, Meitetsu is still owned by Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Overview of the Meitetsu Group for Fiscal 2025 (Company Profile 2026) — Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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